SafronovRegio (formerly Krun Macula) is the westernmost of the "Brass Knuckles", a series of equatorial dark regions on Pluto. SafronovRegio was first...
north of Pluto's equator, to the northeast of Belton Regio and to the northwest of SafronovRegio, which are both dark features. Its western lobe, a 1...
minor planet, 3615 Safronov, discovered by US-American astronomer Edward L. G. Bowell in 1983, is named after him, as is SafronovRegio on Pluto. Otto Schmidt...
Horizons team. Names that have been officially approved are labeled as such. A regio is a region geographically distinct from its surroundings. Plutonian regiones...
(south of Tombaugh Regio) to east (west of the Whale's tail), the Knuckles are: SafronovRegio, after Russian astronomer Viktor Safronov Ala Macula, after...
Retrieved 14 July 2015. "Two Names Approved for Pluto: Belton Regio and SafronovRegio | USGS Astrogeology Science Center". astrogeology.usgs.gov. 22...
Tombaugh Regio, was informally named "Krun Macula" by NASA scientists. However, Krun Macula was later superseded by the name SafronovRegio in 2023. Genzā...
Planitia within Hyecho Palus, adjacent to the Tenzing Montes and Belton Regio. A relatively young geological feature, Wright Mons has attracted attention...
on the Moon, and crater Lowell on Mars, were named after him. The Lowell Regio on Pluto was also named in his honor after its discovery by the New Horizons...
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